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Personal info

Full name
WERNER, Richard Walter
Date of birth
16 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Harrisburg, Saline County, Illinois
Hometown
Winnebago County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36261548
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
326th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 19 9

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Werner (father)
Lillian (Carlos) Werner (mother)
Lynn H. Werner (brother)

More information

Pvt Richard W. Werner graduated from Neenah High School’s in the Class of 1937. He enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 29 August 1942.

He and his brother Lynn were electricians and their father owned an electrical supply business in Neenah where they worked before entering the service. The business still exists today, Werner Electric.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov,www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/326/326_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Werner Family Tree, U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records 1938-1946, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mike Thomas- Neenah Public Library